About

About

Lucy & Richard Lambert, run an award-winning guided tour company specialising in creating memorable day trips around the Cotswolds.

Cotswolds Guided Tours is designed by local husband & wife team, who love where they live & have a passion for the region, they call home. Sharing the famous villages, the hidden gems, travelling down quiet country lanes & revealing the quirky history that makes this part of England so special.

Having achieved over 800, 5* reviews in 5 years they have met thousands of guests from around the world. Their unrivalled customer service & thoughtfully curated tours have ensured guests finish their day, happy, fulfilled & full of wonderful memories.

Tours can accommodate up to 8 guests, luggage storage available, hotel collection from the North Cotswolds or rail station is included in the tour price. Child safety seats available on request. Lots of free time for self-exploration. Maps of locations provided. Live & entertaining microphone commentary as guests travel. Carefully curated routes to ensure guests spend the minimum amount of time in transit & the maximum amount of time out exploring the villages.

 

Best of the Best:  Famous Cotswolds Tour – 6 hours, £375 for up to 8 guests

Spend the day exploring 6 beautiful locations, first stop is the tiny riverside village of Lower Slaughter. Marvel at the beautiful cottages & stunning old water mill. Next you will visit the most famous village in the Cotswolds, Bourton on the Water. Wander along the river, crossing little stone bridges. This is the perfect stop for morning coffee where you can spend time watching the world go by or exploring the little stores. Travel down narrow country lanes to Upper Slaughter, discover why this is known as a doubly thankful village & if you are lucky, you may spot a Cotswolds lion or two. Heading through the hills you will visit the gorgeous village of Snowshill, before stopping for lunch in Broadway. Broadway with its beautiful treelined street & lots of independent eateries & shops is the ideal venue for a snack or more extensive meal. The last stop of the day is the quintessential village of Stanton. Here you will see thatched cottages, visit a wonderful church & often hear the clip clop of horse’s hooves along the main street. 

Best of the Best: Cotswolds Bucket List Tour – 7 hours, £450 for up to 8 guests

Visit all the 6 locations covered in the Famous Cotswolds Tour, Lower Slaughter, Bourton on the Water, Upper Slaughter, Snowshill, Broadway & Stanton along with two more.

The Cotswolds Bucket List Tour visits one of the oldest sites in the Cotswolds, Rollright Stones. These neolithic standing stones predate Stonehenge. You will discover the folklore surrounding this site & try your hand at the ancient art of dowsing. Travel on to the nearby hidden village of Adlestrop, linked to two famous writers. Edward Thomas’s poem about the village epitomises the Cotswolds. Even a hundred years on, his description of this sleepy village is apt. You will wander down the village lanes & marvel at the peace & tranquillity. This village is also connected to one of our most celebrated novelists, here you will uncover the association between this beautiful village & Jane Austen.

 

Best of the Best: Ultimate Cotswolds Tour – 8 hours, £525 for up to 8 guests

The Ultimate Cotswolds Tour visits ten Cotswolds locations. Guests will explore all 8 locations featured on the ‘Cotswolds Bucket List Tour’ plus two additional locations.

This tour includes: Rollright Stones, Adlestrop, Bourton on the Water, Lower Slaughter, Upper Slaughter, Snowshill, Broadway and Stanton…..plus Dover’s Hill & Chipping Campden!

Enjoy the fabulous views over the surround countryside at Dover’s Hill. This site hosts the Cotswolds Olimpick* games. The Cotswolds very own version of the Olympics, with a twist! As you wander along the plateau you are surrounded by grazing sheep. The hillside drops away to afford wonderful views towards Stratford Upon Avon & even as far as Wales. Guests will then head down into the valley to the historic market town of Chipping Campden. Amble along the masterfully created high street, filled with architectural delights. You can visit a Cotswolds ‘Wool’ church, see the ruins of a once outstanding manor, admire beautifully crafted buildings or stop in one of the award-winning tea rooms & reflect on all the amazing locations you have explored.

 

Collection available from Moreton in Marsh Railway Station, perfect for guests staying in London or Oxford. Cotswolds Guided Tours can collect guests’ from their accommodation in Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, Bourton on the Water, Chipping Campden or Broadway. Collection from outside of these areas incur an additional fee.

If guests are staying in one of the locations featured on the tour, then this will be replaced with an alternative location.

Tour prices exclude lunch / refreshments

Every location mentioned in the itineraries above are stops covered on the tour. These are locations where guests have free time to explore, not ‘drive through’ locations.

Please note: We try to be as inclusive as possible however we should mention that guests need to be able to ‘step up’ into the minibus unaided. We anticipate that guests will walk 10k steps on the 6-hour tour, more for longer tours.